The Islamic Architecture History Essay Research Paper

Islamic Architecture
Name
Institution
Course
Date
Islamic Architecture
Introduction
The Islamic culture includes a vast range of religious and secular styles from the emergence of the Islamic religion to the present day. Islamic architecture has influenced various designs and construction of massive and prominent structures buildings in the world. Islamic architecture is the richest architectural work in the world having different aesthetic because of the styles and patterns it incorporates in the building. It influences the Islamic culture and beyond through the initiation of the principal Islamic architectural constructions such as the Mosques, Tomb, Forts. Places, schools, and urban buildings. The Islamic architecture also included the building of public baths, domestic architecture and the fountains developing an Islamic vocabulary and culture of the building of lesser importance in the society. It reflects the notion of the Islamic culture in the construction of places such as palaces, mosques, castles and the Muslim monuments. The purpose of this essay is to interpret the distinctive constructive techniques of a mosque and its influence by the limited availability of craftsmanship in different regions.
Example of an Islamic architecture
Retrieved: /humanities/art-islam/beginners-guide-islamic-art/a/introduction-to-mosque-architecture
Distinctive constructive methods of a mosque 
There are various distinctive constructive methods of mosque and craftsmanship in different locations in the world. The diverse use of Islamic architecture is in the Islamic world with the splendor of decorative traditions. It escalated from Europe, Africa, and Asia with great beauty and artistic treasure. The depiction of the Islamic architecture is in the Islamic ornamental arts including other materials such as wood, bricks, brass, tiles, and plaster. There are different methods of Islamic architecture including the geometric patterns used in the construction of the mosque. The encounter of methods and patterns are in the Eastern Islamic and western Islamic world such as Morocco.[Mustafa, Faris Ali, and Ahmad Sanusi Hassan. "Mosque layout design: An analytical study of mosque layouts in the early Ottoman period." Frontiers of Architectural Research 2, no. 4 (2013): 445-456.]
The method used in the Eastern Islamic World 
The method is common among and adopted by the craftsmen of Islamic architecture in the Eastern Islamic world consisting of the isometric grids of equilateral triangles or squares where there is a generation of the unit motif. There is a repetition of the pattern are through the copying of the unit cell to occupy all the available space. The lack of craftsmanship availability in these regions influence the construction process of the mosque. The Eastern Islamic construction method adapts to various available materials to many patterns consisting of i...